Matt Damon knew about Clooney twins for months

Andrea Mandell, USA Today , KHOU6:49 PM. CST February 10, 2017

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 20: Actors Matt Damon (L) and George Clooney attend the premiere of "Syriana" at the Loews Lincoln Center theatre November 20, 2005 in New York City. (Photo: Evan Agostini/Getty Images, 2005 Getty Images)

It turns out Matt Damon has known about George and Amal's twins for months. “We were working together last fall and he came up to me on set and took me aside and told me and I was so happy for him,” Damon told the Today show.

That film is likely the Clooney-directed criminal comedy, Suburbicon, from screenwriters Joel and Ethan Coen.

Clooney, in his excitement, spilled the beans a bit earlier than conventional standards would dictate. “I said, ‘How are along are you?’ And he said ‘eight weeks!’ And I said, ‘Don’t say anything!’ ” Damon joked. “He didn’t know the 12-week rule. You’re supposed to wait!”

"I've never had twins. He has it coming," he told ET. "It's going to be a huge challenge, I mean, one baby cries, wakes the other up. It's going to be on in that household." But, Damon added, "he doesn't sleep a lot anyway. He'll be all right.